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Sustainable and Resilient Supply Networks: Digitalisation, Regulation and Climate Vulnerability in a Global Context

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing frequency of global crises has intensified concerns regarding climate vulnerability and the resilience of global production systems. This study examines the heterogeneous effects of supply chain development and supply chain digitalisation on climate vulnerability across countries, while accounting for institutional and investment ...
Ziwei Li, Zhi Zhan, Kingsley Imandojemu, Romanus Osabohien, Damilola Felix Eluyela   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) molecular epidemiology in non-human primates from West Africa [PDF]

, 2008
It is now scientifically proved that the human immunodeficiency viruses, HIV-1 and HIV-2, are the results of cross-species transmissions of the simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIV) that naturally infect non-human primates in sub- Saharan Africa ...
Locatelli, Sabrina
core   +1 more source

Do Corporate ESG Disclosures Drive Consumer Demand (Sales)? The Role of Environmental Sensitivity

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The question of whether strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure largely benefits high‐demand customers or if it generates value across all sales levels is yet to be empirically verified. This study, therefore, examines how ESG performance influences consumer demand (sales outcomes) among listed firms across African ...
Idorenyin J. Okon, Adeolu O. Adewuyi, Alex O. Acheampong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coverage and efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine against malaria in pregnancy in Côte d’Ivoire five years after its implementation

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends for sub-Saharan Africa a package of prompt and effective case-management combined with the delivery of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp ...
Offianan A Toure, Penali L Kone, M’Lanhoro AA Coulibaly, Berenger AA Ako, Eric A Gbessi, Baba Coulibaly, Landry T N’ Guessan, David Koffi, Sylvain Beourou, Adama Soumahoro, Issiaka Bassinka, Messoun Nogbou, Tidjane Swa, Bernadin Gba, Beugre Esmel, Ernestine M Bokossa   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Drivers of Sustainability Transitions in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Why One Size Does Not Fit All

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing emphasis on sustainability transitions in developing economies, evidence remains limited on how environmental, social and governance (ESG) conditions shape sustainability outcomes in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). This study examines the environmental, social and governance drivers of sustainability transition performance across 39 ...
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu, Bismark Asante, Gabriel Eweje   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Broad Skills, Smaller Footprints? Generalist CEOs and Firm Biodiversity Exposure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether CEO generalist skills predict firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure, an emerging strategic and financial concern. Using the biodiversity indicator developed based on textual analysis and the General Ability Index, we find that firms led by generalist CEOs are associated with significantly lower disclosed biodiversity risk ...
Hafiz Hoque, Saadia Irfan, Linh Thi Tue Tran   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Associated with Hepatic Fibrosis During Metabolic Steatopathy In Abidjan

Health Research in Africa
RÉSUMÉ Introduction. Le faible nombre d’études sur les facteurs de risque de la fibrose hépatique dans la stéatopathie métabolique (NAFLD) en Afrique subsaharienne nous a conduit à initier ce travail dont le but était de déterminer les facteurs associés
Kouamé Hatrydt Guillaume Dimitri, Doffou Adjéka Stanislas, Tchouamo Eric Gildas, Yao- Bathaix Fulgence Mammert, Yao- Bathaix Fulgence Mammert, Lohouès-Kouacou Marie-Jeanne, Yao- Bathaix Fulgence Mammert   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of deworming on school-aged children's physical fitness, cognition and clinical parameters in a malaria-helminth co-endemic area of Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

, 2014
Malaria and helminth infections are thought to negatively affect children's nutritional status and to impair their physical and cognitive development. Yet, the current evidence-base is weak.
Silué, Kigbafori D., Houngbedji, Clarisse A., Eveline Hürlimann, Giovanna Raso, N'Dri, Prisca B., Raso, Giovanna, Utzinger, Jürg, Coulibaly, Jean T., Prisca B N’Dri, Jean T Coulibaly, Dominique Bänninger, Clarisse A Houngbedji, Peiling Yap, Bänninger, Dominique, Yap, Peiling, N'Goran, Eliézer K., Hürlimann, Eveline, Kigbafori D Silué, Eliézer K N’Goran, Jürg Utzinger   +19 more
core   +2 more sources

From Global Standards to Local Compliance: Implementation Heterogeneity in Cocoa Certification in Indonesia

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certified companies translate voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) into local practice, yet little is known about how company‐level implementation of VSS relates to farmer compliance. This paper examines Rainforest Alliance (RA) implementation by three certified companies in the Indonesian cocoa sector. Drawing on compliance and regulatory
Charline Depoorter, Janne Bemelmans, Eva Boonaert, Axel Marx, Miet Maertens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of the four main causes of bacterial meningitis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: Current multiplex assays cannot detect all four World Health Organization priority pathogens for meningitis diagnosis (Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Streptococcus agalactiae).
Kanny Diallo, Tiemele Laurent Simon Amoikon, Kouassi Firmin Missa, Kolotioloman Jérémie Tuo, Odile B. Harrison, Martin C.J. Maiden   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source